Front-end Engineer

Job title: Front-end Engineer.

BlueOptima is on a mission to maximize the economic and social value that software engineering organization's are capable of delivering. Our vision is to become the global reference for the optimization of the performance of Software Engineering.

Our technology is used by some of the world’s largest organizations, including nine of the world’s top twelve Universal Banks, and a number of large corporates.

We are a global organisation with headquarters in London and additional offices in India, Mexico, and the US.  We are made up of 100+ individuals from more than 20 different countries. We promote an open-minded environment and encourage our employees to create their own success story in this high-performance environment.

Location: Bangalore/Gurgaon, India

Department: Engineering

Job Summary: We are looking for a skilled Frontend Engineer to help develop our scalable, data-driven analytical dashboard. You'll focus on building responsive, user-friendly interfaces that deliver key insights to our global clients. Join us and be a part of our mission to transform software development with cutting-edge analytics.

We are looking for an individual with great attention to detail, who is genuine, confident, committed and not only passionate about technology, but is keen to own the solution end to end, and most importantly excited to work in a fun and friendly start-up environment.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about technology and getting things to work while at the same time being able to mentor (and lead) other engineers by way of example to achieve excellence in their work.

Responsibilities and tasks: 

• Analyze, develop, implement, test, and maintain application components using relevant technologies and tools.

• Collaborate with product managers to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications for feature development.

• Take ownership of feature development from concept to deployment, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.

• Work with the Support team to resolve issues raised by users and/or provide quick workarounds for significant issues.

• Contribute to performance tuning of application code at different service levels and incorporate design changes to improve overall application performance.

• Lead and mentor a team of junior developers.

What You Need to Succeed at BlueOptima:  

• 5 to 7 years of experience

• Proficiency in modern web development including HTML5, CSS, and Javascript frameworks (Angular, React, etc)

• 2 years of experience developing web-based user interfaces.

• Strong understanding of UI usability aspects and working with Single Page Web Application.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and agile development environment and to learn new frameworks/stacks.

• Self-directed and capable of quickly shipping code in a dynamic environment

• Thorough understanding of RESTful web services and experience working with them.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills and time management skills.

Good to have: 

• Knowledge of SVG-based charting libraries such as D3.js.

• Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins.

• Basic understanding of Java, Spring Boot, and Native SQL.

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Why join our team?

Culture and Growth:

• Global team with a creative, innovative and welcoming mindset

• Rapid career growth and opportunity to be an outstanding and visible contributor to the company's success

• Freedom to create your own success story in a high performance environment

• Training programs and Personal Development Plans for each employee

Benefits: 

• 32 days of holidays (this includes public and religious holidays)

• Contributions to your Provident Fund which can be matched by the company above the statutory minimum as agreed

• Gratuity payments

• Private Medical Insurance provided by the company (Employee + Spouse + 2 Children + 2 Parents)

• 12 Weeks Paid Paternity Leave, 6 months Maternity leave

• Support with childcare costs (50%)

• Work from Home Equipment allowance

• Flexible Work from Home policy - 2 days home p/w

• Flexible Work from Long Distance - 4 weeks a year

• Sponsored Learning Opportunities

• Team Socials

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